Origins of
Rosa sat, so Martin could walk…
Martin walked, so Obama could run…
Obama is running, so our children can FLY!
Heard:
1) the
npr audio can be found at the top of
this web page.
The trainees' instructor, Ed Welch, was listening to the
conversation; he mentions a text message he got from a friend urging
him to vote.
The message read: "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked, so Obama could run. Obama is running so our children can fly."
2) Jay-Z at a concert in New York City on October
5th! (If anyone can trace the quote to an earlier event or to someone
else, please post a comment)
You can watch this video (poor quality by the way) At around 1min:53sec into it, Jay-Z said the following:
"Rosa Parks sat, so Martin could walk... Martin walked, so Obama could run... Obama is running, so we all could fly
3) annonymous
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